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<br />CHAYfER 4 - PLAN OF IMPLEMENTATION - FEDERAL PROGRAMS <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />, .::a. <br />~ <br /><=> <br />. t:J) <br /> <br />The involved federal agencies, working in close cooperation with the Forum, have <br />identified salinity control measures that have been and may be implemented. The collective <br />efforts of Reclamation, the USDA, and the BLM are identified and summarized in Table 4-l. <br />Also, the USDA and BLM units described under the "Existing Authorities" heading reflect salt- <br />load reduction activities that were completed as of September 1995. <br /> <br />It should be recognized that over time some of the salinity control measures now in the <br />Plan of Implementation might not remove all of the projected salt and the costs of removal may <br />increase. Other salinity control measures would then have to be substituted in order to maintain <br />the numeric criteria while the Basin states continue to develop their compact-apportioned waters. <br /> <br />ReclllmlltionlUSDA Unit'i <br /> <br />The following paragraphs briefly describe the units which constitute the recommended <br />implementation plan. Detailed information on each unit can be found in the following reports: <br /> <br />Quality of Water - Colorado River Basin. Progress Report No, 17, January 1995, U.S. <br />Department of the Interior, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />Monitoring and Evaluation R~rt - for each of the salinity control units currently being <br />implemented by the USDA Colorado River Salinity Control Program. <br /> <br />Units Completed <br /> <br />Three Reclamation units (Meeker Dome, a portion of Las Vegas Wash and Grand Valley <br />Stage 1) are completed. These units are preventing 73,700 tons of salt per year from reaching the <br />Colorado River. <br /> <br />Units Being Implemented <br /> <br />Parmlny Vallt:y (peclamation): Local ground water comes into contact with the top of a <br />natural salt fonnation where it becomes nearly saturated with sodium chloride and surfaces in the <br />Dolores River channel in Paradox Valley, Colorado. The river picks up over 205,000 tons of salt <br />annually from this saline ground water source as it passes through the valley. <br /> <br />4-1 <br /> <br />j <br />,:1:", <br />